Monrovia, Liberia, 16 June 2009
- Several African countries have made impressive gains in child survival
in recent years but much more needs to be done, UNICEF said today in marking
the international Day of the African Child.

NAIROBI, 5 September 2008 - Children,
already casualties of the complex drought, food price and conflict crisis
unfolding in the Horn of Africa, are suffering severe effects of the lack
of food, water and medical care.

Three million children in the arid, marginalized
region are at risk of death, disease or the long-term consequences of malnutrition.
They comprise a large proportion of the more than 14 million people critically
affected and the numbers are on an alarming upward trajectory.

Some experts are predicting that millions
more children and families could be engulfed across …

Addis Ababa -- National staff and
agency heads from the Eritrean and Ethiopian United Nations Country Teams
met together for the first time this week in Ethiopia to discuss humanitarian
and development assistance activities to support peace building and reconciliation
efforts.

Executive Director Carol Bellamy, today
welcomed news of a cease-fire in the Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict, saying
that it cleared the way for a renewed emphasis on humanitarian relief in
the drought-starved region.

Friday, 19 May 2000: UNICEF warned
today of a looming humanitarian crisis in Eritrea, where the government
estimates that as many as 1 million people have been displaced within the
last week due to the conflict with neighboring Ethiopia.